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DRUM SNARE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1907! M shuts Theo hel a M I YNE norms PITIRS cm, wAspunG'mm n, c.

HENRY THEOPHEL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DRUM-SNARE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed July 31. 1907. Serial No. 386,380.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY THEOPHEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drum- Snarcs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had. therein to the accompanying drawings.

In adjusting drum snares of the usual form consisting of a number of independent parallel cylindrical strings, it is difficult to draw them all to the same tension, and to keep them from touching each other, and thereby being sluggish in responding to the vibrations of the head; Furthermore, the ordinary strings bear all along the head, and if there are any irregularities in either the strings or head, the strings are liable to contact with the margin of the head. and bridge over the center, so that they do not respond clearly to light taps, thereby muffling the sound and preventing clear shading.

This invention relates to a form of drum snares which are so dis osed that they bear always at the center of the drum head and are under even tension.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a snare head of a drum provided with snares embodying features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in detail showing the edge of a snare.

As herein shown the snares consist of a strip 1 of suitable material and of a length to bridge a drum head and to be secured to the drum hoops 2 in the usual manner. The stri is thickest at its center 3 and tapers uniformly to each end, its upper face 4 being straight. It is divided between its ends for the major portion of its length by parallel longitudinal slots 5 into a number of strands 6 of equal size. These strands are free to vibrate independently of each other,-but are all under the same tension as the ends of the strip pull evenly on them. They also rest or bear on the center of the drum head as they are thickest at the center, the straight upper face drawing taut and the longitudinally beveled or tapered underside bearing at the central point only. If the strings were not united they would twist and turn and not always present the central bearing edge of the head. They are readily and quickly adjusted and do not require special attention to keep them separate while being placed on the drum and respond sharply to the lightest vibration of the head.

lVhat I claim as my invention is Drum snares comprising a plurality of strands united integrally at each end in parallel spaced relation and tapered from their centers toward their ends.

2. Drum snares whose upper faces are rectilinear when they are drawn taut, and whose undersides slope gradually from the centers to the ends toward the upper face.

3. Drum snares comprising a plurality of strands united integrally at each end in parallel relation, whose upper faces are rec-tilinear when they are drawn taut, and whose under sides slope gradually from the centers to the ends toward the upper face.

4. Drum snares comprising a strip of suitable material adapted to be drawn taut across a drum head, having a straight upper face and. decreasing in thickness from the center toward each end, divided between its ends for the major portion of its length into parallel strands.

Drum snares comprising a strip of suitable material having a straight upper face and decreasing in thickness from the center toward. each end, divided between its ends for the ma} or portion of its length. by parallel longitudinal slots into parallel spaced strands of equal. size independently vibratory in planes transverse to the plane of the strip when the latter is taut.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY THEOPHEL. Witnesses:

C. R. S'rIcKNEY, OTTO F. BARTHEL. 

